A patient is receiving dexamethasone to prevent cerebral edema caused by a motor vehicle accident. The patient is undergoing mechanical ventilation and is not responding to verbal stimuli. What is the best nursing intervention to prevent complications of the pharmacotherapy
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your answer would be, administering a proton pump inhibitor.
Patients taking glucocorticoids are at high risk for gastric erosion and bleeding because these agents are likely to erode the gastric mucosa during treatment. To avoid this serious complication of therapy, the nurse provides effective preventive care in the form of a proton pump inhibitor. In addition, the nurse should monitor the patient's stool for occult blood and the serum hemoglobin for early detection of gastrointestinal bleeding.
Your diaphragm is a muscle that helps you breathe. Do you think this muscle is voluntary or involuntary? Explain.
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involuntary because you can't control it.
I think its Both. Not 100% on this one sorry
How can viral diseases be treated?
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Your immune system is the key to fighting viral diseases. Antibiotics do not work. The only true way to prevent viral disease are through vaccines. This helps prevent the viral disease from starting in the first place(hopefully).
Hope it helped.
What is a chain of mountains called
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It is called a mountain range
It is called a mountain system and that group of mountain system is called a mountain chain. A complex group would be called a mountain belt or cordillera.
Cold foods should be stored below what temperature
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For the cold foods safe temperature is 40 degrees Fahrenheit and below.
If Gerry eats too much, his body will store extra energy asАТР fat sugar muscle fibers
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In your other question for the same thing, the answer is Body fat, b.
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Which of the following types of infections is typically treated with antibiotics
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A cold,stomach virus and infections
Common illnesses you can use antibiotics for are urinary tract infections, strep throat, and some pneumonia.